Jamaica Quassia Extract ジャマイカカッシア抽出物

In Japan

• Obtained from the trunk and bark of Jamaica quassia, with quassin and neoquassin as the main components. The component specification requires a combined total of 50% or more of the two (Japan's Specifications and Standards for Food Additives). In the List of Existing Food Additives, its purpose is listed as “苦味料等” (bittering agent, etc.). There are no standards for use.
• When used to add bitterness, it can be labeled with the group name “苦味料” (bittering agent). Another name is “カッシアエキス” (quassia extract), and the abbreviated name is “カッシア” (quassia).

Japan's standards for use

There are no standards for use that limit which foods or how much (the general standards for all additives still apply).

This is a summary of the standards for use. See the source list for the exact conditions.

In the EU

• It is not on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II), so it cannot be used as a food additive in the EU.

Sources

• List of Existing Food Additives — Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation (Japanese)
• Standards for use and storage of each additive — Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation (Japanese)
• EU food additive database (Japanese translation) — MAFF (Japanese)
• Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives — EUR-Lex
• 第10版食品添加物公定書（2024年、厚生労働省・消費者庁）成分規格・保存基準各条の定義 (Japanese)
• 消費者庁「食品表示基準について」別添 添加物関係（簡略名・用途名併記・一括名・栄養強化の範囲、既存添加物名簿収載品目リスト） (Japanese)

Checked 2026-10-02. Rules and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.

Other substances used as bittering agent

• Iso-α-bitter Acid
• Caffeine (Extract)
• Redbark cinchona extract
• Phellodendron bark extract
• Gentian Root Extract
• Enzymatically modified naringin
• Naringin
• Absinth extract
• Carpophore Derived Mannentake Extract (Fruiting body)